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Police Ready to Ensure a Safe Election Day

Chester Williams

Police Ready to Ensure a Safe Election Day

With just over two weeks until Belize’s 2025 General Elections, the Belize Police Department is gearing up for a busy day. Commissioner of Police Chester Williams expects a hectic day with some aggressive voters. However, he assures the public that officers nationwide are being briefed on best practices to ensure every Belizean can vote in a safe environment. Here’s more on that.

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“We are prepared. Elections and Boundaries had a meeting I think on Wednesday to discuss the issues or strategy as it relates to elections. from a police department standpoint, we have put together our elections data having received the different polling stations, and we’re doing election briefing across the country, making sure that police officers understand what is going to be their role and expectations on election day. Our duty is to make sure that the election goes through free and without any hindrance and we are prepared to do we work in tandem with the Elections and Boundaries Commission they set the rules at the polling stations and we just are there to enforce or to act in support of them. And that is going to be how we’re going to police this election as we have done.”

 

Reporter

“Are you concerned about the risk of violence with the plurality of UDP candidates because you will have multiple people claiming their UDP and It lends itself to friction.”

 

Chester Williams

“Of course we do have that in mind. To look at the different factions of the UDP and what they’re going to bring. Not just from the UDP, but we also have the gang issue in certain areas of Belize City. That we also have to make sure that we are prepared to police. We don’t want that people go to polling stations to vote and then they become victims of crime. So we are looking at the entire dynamics to make sure that everybody who wants to go and vote can do so in a safe environment.”

 

 

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